Many didn’t start out alone.
They tried to trust. They opened up. They took a chance on friendships that ended in betrayal, abandonment, or manipulation.
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And they learned.
Now they are more careful.
More reserved.
Slower to trust.
This protectiveness might seem like coldness from the outside, but it’s actually a wound that hasn’t fully healed.
And here an internal tension arises:
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